Coloring Design Team Designer Challenge – June

June 20, 2017

Hi everyone,

It’s the Coloring Design Team’s turn to share their cards for this month’s Coloring Design Team Designer Challenge.

Our Challenge this month is ….. Clean & Simple Card Set – create a set of three Clean & Simple cards. Select a stamp set and use a different image from this set on each of the cards. Each card includes one colored image and a sentiment.

To enter, simply leave a comment on this blog post below and answer this question: Describe your crafting style.

We will select 3 lucky winners in a random drawing.

The winners will be announced on Friday, June 23, here on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

Now let’s take a look at the wonderful creations our talented Design Team have created for the Challenge this month. For more information about the cards, click on the designer’s name under each card to be taken to the designer’s blog post and will open up in a new window.

Frances Byrne starts us off this month with three cute cards using the Krista Schneider Bird-day Party Clear Stamp and Coordinating die set. Frances used Soft Finish Cardstock in White, Sunflower, Brick Red and Misty Mauve as well as ModaScrap papers from the Thinking About Polinesia and Thinking About Rio De Janiro Paper Packs. She used the Fishtail Borders die set from Els van de Burgt Studio to create the angle on the papers. For the sentiment she chose Els van de Burgt Studio Stitched Circles and Dotted Scallop Circles.

Karen Nofziger created a “Thanks” set of Clean and Simple Cards using Krista Schneider’s Row Houses Clear Stamps and Coordinating dies. For the circle layers Karen used the Stitched Circles and Dotted Scallop Circles die sets from Els van de Burgt Studio. The cards were created using White Soft Finish Cardstock with patterned paper layers from the ModaScrap Thinking About … Rio de Janeiro 12 x 12 Paper Pack. She added the “Thanks” sentiment from Joset Designs General Sentiments Clear Stamps.

Tina Guigui Dornbaum created her three Clean and Simple cards using White Soft Finish Cardstock. To decorate her cards Tina used the Krista Schneider Feathered Friends Clear Stamp set, layering this to her carda using squares die cut with the Stitched Squares and Dotted Scallop Squares from Els van de Burgt Studio. To finish off her cards she added a sentiment from the General Sentiments Clear Stamps set from Joset Designs.

Kelly Booth created a set of adorable baby cards on White Soft Finish Cardstock. To decorate her cards Kelly used the Krista Schneider Zoo Babies Clear Stamp set and coordinating dies. For the sentiment she chose the Joset Designs General Sentiments Clear Stamp set.

Anita Kejriwal created this yummy (but no-calorie!) set of cards using the Krista Schneider Teatime Clear Stamp set and coordinating dies. Anita also used the ModaScrap Stitched Fishtail Banners and ModaScrap Color of Puppies Boy Patterned Paper Pack.

Elena Anderson created this fun nature-themed set of cards using the Krista Schneider Woodland Pals Clear Stamp set and the Joset Designs Dream Sentiments Clear Stamp set. To create the layers Elena used the Stitched Rectangles die set from Els van de Burgt Studio. She also incorporated Rich Black Soft Finish Cardstock and ModaScrap Manly Man 6 x 6 Patterned Paper Pack.

Selma Stevenson created the cute set of cards above using the Krista Schneider Dreamers Clear Stamp set and coordinating dies. Selma also used the Dotted Scallop Ovals; Dotted Scallop Squares and Fitted Squares from Els van de Burgt Studio. The sentiments on all three cards are from Joset Designs Dream Sentiments Clear Stamp set. She chose Soft Finish Cardstock in White, Sunflower, Perfect Purple and Ladybug Red, too.

Melanie Smith created a delicious set of cards using the Krista Schneider Teatime Clear Stamp set with coordinating dies. To create the layers on her cards Melanie used the Stitched Squares and Dotted Scallop Squares from Els van de Burgt Studio. The background on each of these cards is one of the papers from the ModaScrap Cucina with Love Patterned Paper Pack.

Thank you for visiting our blog today. We hope you enjoyed seeing all the wonderful creations our Coloring Design Team created this month and that it has inspired you to create some Clean and Simple Cards of your own. Don’t forget to visit our designers’ blogs by clicking on their names to find out more about each project.

If you would like a chance to win our giveaway, be sure to leave your comment on TODAY’S blog post. We will select three lucky winners in a random drawing and the winners will be announced here on our blog on Friday, June 23rd.

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I love to mainly make cards that are elegant, lots of swirls and layering of open die cuts. But I also like to make whimsical cards. I guess it really depends on who the person is that is getting the card 🙂

My crafting style is following the pattern. My creativity is limited to connect-the-dots so I copy the cards I see on the internet using my supplies. I then get cards with different designs and patterns but I know they will not be cluttered or mismatched.

I have been making cards for over 20 years. Scrapbook supplies were very limited at the beginning, so those cards and my scrapbooks were quite primitive and simple. With so many products out there, I began to make more complex cards and scrapbook pages. But my heart and mind longed to go back to the clean and simple cards. I’m very happy having my die cut machine and many dies, they make creating a simple card so much easier! Thanks for sharing these beautiful cards!

I’m not so sure I have a style. I do like quick & simple. But I want to try so many different products, that nothing comes out as a cohesive style. Love everyone’s cute cards! I need to get Feathered Friends – so cute.

My style is laid back and simple. I don’t like my cards or scrap book pages looking too busy. Love all of the card ideas, dies and stamps shown!
I have just recently discovered your company and it is a favorite!

I[d like to think that my crafting style is like thinking out-of-the box, in that it’s different. I love layering cardstock and lots of embellishments. But at the same time, I rarely make a card that is not a pop-up, a unique fold or an interactive card. All of these have been greatly received by family and friends. I recently made a black, white and silver exploding box for a bridal shower that I am still getting emails about.

I make cards from the haert. No two the same and not too fussy. I tend to go for cute, simple and pretty vice detailed and textures. I love trying new techniques and colors.
Live the variety of cards made by this set and the designers!

Fun seeing these CAS cards done with same stamp sets but different images. I enjoy creating a variety of styles….sometimes clean and simple….sometimes “creatively cluttered.” It all depends on my mood, time and
stamps or supplies used. Thank you for the chance to win such an awesome prize package! 🙂

Loved seeing all these cards….simple and using a different stamp from the same set. I enjoy creating a “mixed bag” of styles. It all depends on my mood and whatever stamps/supplies I’m using…..so sometimes it’s clean and simple but sometimes
it is “creatively cluttered.” (Wink.)

I am NOT clean & simple. I am more Layered and Detailed, and put way too much time into each card. Most of them are created for specific people, and my history with them. Love these new Stamp and Die sets though. I am AMAZED at the differences each of the designers came up with in techniques and color palettes on their challenge cards. Kudos to them all.

I love the clean and simple style, I had to learn to love the “white” space. At first I thought my cards looked naked, over time I saw that in most cases less is better. The designs from these crafters are beautiful, I see stamp sets I need to buy!

Love all these cards! You have such a talented design team and such awesome products! My style varies – I love making messy, inky pieces but there again I also enjoy making clean and simple cards too! Wherever my mind takes me on any particular day! xxx

I think there is no word for my crafting style. I love making lots of different kinds of card and love trying new techniques. At the moment I love making cards with doodle blooms and cute animals. I have already made lots of cards using your cute owl die cut set.

I really like these simple easy cards that still convey a message and make you smile. My style is fancy folds and layers. I love to make cards that are different and sometimes challenging but turn out beautiful (or at least to me they are).

These cards are so clean and simple looking. My style can be be described as erratic. I love mixed media, trying out different methods like z cards, cascade, pop up easel etc and I love hand painting on cards.

A whole bunch of cute and inspiring cards! I’m not sure that I actually have a “crafting style” when it comes to cards. I do like to experiment and play with all of the elements – colours, papers, stamps, embellies etc to see what goes with what and what I can mix and match!

I know it sounds weird but my style is vintage mixed with a little modern and mixed media! Gotta have some bling and shimmery shine to finish it off! Eclectic and fun is a good way to describe it I guess! 😁

I don’t think I really have a style, depends on the person some days I feel elegant, then other day just fun and funny. just making cards makes me happy. some days i’m in my craft room all day and it feels like minutes.

Really beautiful cards! I would like to do more clean and simple cards but they usually don’t turn out that way. I love lots of layers, textures and embellishments. I easily get carried away. Would love to be one of the lucky winners!

I have recently gotten into Art Deco I love the elegance and glamour. I like to incorporate unusual objects into my designs. One of my favorites was a motorcycle card I made. I rummaged around and found a pair of earrings I had made many years ago in my own motorcycle days. I used one of those earrings on the card. Still one of my favorite cards. The recipient asked me to frame it! Thank all of you for your wonderful ideas! I’m new to stamping and dies and am overwhelmed by everything.

This is a very cool giveaway! Also, the cards that DT made are the cutest! My style of crafting is a wide range of mediums…card making (trying to get back into the CAS), painting, and mixed-media. Thanks so much for this opportunity!

These are super cute cards, I usually don’t do the clean and simple…mine always look like something is missing. My style is bling, bling, bling! Lots of cool folds or neat techniques!
Thanks for the blog post today and the chance to win!!!

Over the years my crafting style has gone through a lot of changes, but currently I tend towards “elegant romantic.” These might vary from a lot of white and lace to more vintage with stained lace and colorful florals. I love to create cards and journals that will be treasured for years to come.

I don’t really have a specific crafting style when it comes to card making. It depends on my mood, who the card is for, the season, etc. There are so many fun and creative products out there that I can’t limit myself.

Love all of your ideas-they are all keepers and who wouldn’t love to receive one of them. I am addicted to card making but usually chose a complicated idea with lots of detail work. Time consuming but the ones who receive them SAVE them too. I’m new to this site but do so enjoy it. I make cards for birthdays mostly but it all depends on what is happening in my life at that time. Do all kinds and for all occasions. Thank you and keep up the wonderful creative work!

What FAB cards from the design team. Its always great to see how they are using all your goodies. I’m a huge fan of Elizabeth Crafts, so always on the lookout for new inspiration. Thanks guys, you did a great job.

I like clean and quick and easy cards, primarily because I make cards with my 75-year-old Mom. We make them easy for her to do. She started wanting to make cards last year. We share equipment, dies, etc by doing them together. She loves sending them to her family and friends. She and Dad have been married 60 years.

Love the style of cards in this post. I like clean and simple, but usually avoid images with a lot of coloring. I use colorful die cuts, pop-ups, and don’t mind some shading with inks and blending tools.

I started out scrap booking, but slowly was overtaken by the urge to produce cards for family and friends. This is now my favorite paper craft, although I do occasionally get out my pictures and scrapping supplies to relive some memories.

I am drawn to designs with lots of color and clean lines. I get ideas from Pinterest and vendor websites. Sometimes I love a stamp and sometimes I love the color combinations and I LOVE embellishments. Mostly my cards reflect my current mood and they are always different. I make cards that please me and hope the recipient will feel the same.

I am drawn to designs with lots of color and clean lines. I get ideas from Pinterest and vendor websites. Sometimes I love a stamp and sometimes I love the color combinations and I LOVE embellishments. Mostly my cards reflect my current mood and they are always different. I make cards that please me and hope the recipient will feel the same.

Hey, hey. All the cards are unique and beautiful. My crafting style seems to change daily. I try to use a sketch, then I start off and my imagination suggest that I really want to do something else. I say that I have a creative mind that is hard to control. So each card is unique and purely custom.
Thanks for the chances to win.
Custom Crafty Lady

Very nice cards. I like the idea of “clean and simple”, I think I may sometimes get carried away and do too much.
I’m a card maker and use stamps and dies and various papers and techniques add bling sometimes. I like to get new ideas and techniques to incorporate in my cards.

Crafting style involves applying various techniques to create interesting backgrounds. Love water coloring or sponging on layers of color. Style is still developing as I enjoy collecting various ideas from photos I take and then finding the stamps to incorporate the idea.

Right now I would say my stamping style is evolving. I’ve always made girly cards but I got out of stamping for many years. Since I’ve started back I’m trying new things and loving it! Right now I’m enjoying trying new techniques and doing things I would’ve never attempted before. Thanks for the opportunity to add new things to my growing supply!

My style is really whatever I get done. I collect lots of inspiration before I start a project. Thanks so much for showing all of your wonderful card ideas today. Really helpful for us who need some creative help.

My crafting style is quite simply clean and tidy! I love to add some dimension and occasionally a little texture. I try and avoid fuss and bother on my crafts – I don’t like “frills”!!!
The DTs cards are fab and thoroughly my style!

These cards are ALL so beautiful and simple, clean in design, just my style! I really love how the designer pulled 3 cards together with similar papers or colors and perhaps changed the sentiment. These cards are SO easy to duplicate but lovely ! That’s what I like to do; I don’t have the patience [or the skill] for fancy, complicated cards so I really appreciate these works of art.

I hadn’t thought of this 3 different images idea from one set before. Thanks! I don’t think I really have style except for copying! Can I say that’s a style? Basically clean and simple is my first thought.

I enjoy getting ideas from these fun CAS cards, which indeed would cheer the recipient! I like more realistic looking stamps and am working to incorporate fabric into the cards (since I have an unlimited supply of torn or unsalable clothing donations from a charity I volunteer with). Love adding a ribbon per card, too.

Mine is a grow as you go kind of style. I seldom have an idea when I start. I usually start with different colors of paper and see where they take me. When I get a new die or stamp I am commented to using it that week, usually that day, and the new product takes lead to where the project goes. Todays items for giveaway are indeed cuties!

They are all so cool! I would say my crafting style is “do what I feel”. I love CAS cards but also love mixed media, so I do what I feel in the moment, or what I feel when I think about the person I’m making the card for.

Love the new ideas you have for clean and simple.
I enjoy using your dies and stamps I do a lot of flower making with your dies also enjoy the pop up dies for my cards for young and old.
I have not tried your new designers Krista Schneider or Joset goods yet. I am sure I will purchase these eventually I am so pleased you have a couple of sellers here in the U.K now I have just completed getting all the new flower dies that Susan uses. Keep up the good ideas just love your stuff xx

My crafting style is simple mostly. I don’t do a lot of colouring at this point, but I am trying to do more of this all the time. I do like to layer things a lot, and do a bit of accessories but not too much sparkle on my cards but not a lot. I also tend to use plain coloured paper, but trying to add more patterned papers now too.

Hi. I LOVE USING DIES, EMBELLISHMENTS ON MY CARDS. I LIKE TO PERSONALIZE THEM AS WELL. I THINK ABOUT THE OCCASION OR PERSON THAT I’M MAKING THE CARD FOR AND PUT SOMETHING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO GET THE CARD. LOVE MAKING CARDS.

I love clean and simple cards because the are easy to mass produce. There are times when I do have to make cards with extra bling and sparkle, I am a grandma to two princesses. I love the ideas and inspiration I get from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Hi Team,
Wonderful cards, all of them.
My CAS cards normally are:
– white card stock (usually)
– an image that I colour with my Copics or any of my other colouring pens
– depending on the design, I put a shadow around it
– I may cut it out into a square or rectangle if the design is too intricate; otherwise I may cut it or punch it out
– then mount it on a piece of layering cardstock that I have embossed, trying to find an embossing pattern that suits the style
– depending on the design, I might put a simple bow on it in either silk ribbon or twine (sometimes some bling or other decoration that suits), and definitely glitter
– if I cut out the design in a square or rectangle I usually put a very thin line of colouring around the edge of both the design and the embossed layer. This obviates having to use another paper layer and it really defines the layers. I make sure to use coordinating colours.

If I knew how to upload my cards, I would send you a picture of the ones I made last night. However, I am not too bright when it comes to computer stuff. Thank goodness I have about 500 people to send birthday cards to, otherwise my cards would grow right out of the house!! Slight exaggeration, of course, but I LOVE making cards. It is no longer a hobby, it is a compulsion! I should join CA (cardmakers anonymous). Always watch Els’s YouTubes, there’s always something to learn.

When I first started paper crafting, my style definitely tended to be very flowery- everything had to be “lovely”. I stayed away from cute or clean and simple cards. As I continued, I was drawn more and more to cards and projects that make people smile and even laugh. Now that’s my focus. If my card can bring a smile to your face or brighten someone’s day, I have achieved my dream. The cards in this blog are exactly what I love to send to friends and family.

My crafting style is probably an eclectic mix of shabby chic, country, romantic and crazy all wrapped up in a touch of what’s new. I love seeing everything the design crew do and love Friday night with ELS classes. I think I have half of Elizabeth craft designs products in my craft room. Can’t beat your soft finish cardstock or your microfine glitter and your designers dies are just amazing. Wish ELS would come to Australia to teach her classes!

I don’t really don’t have a special style of card making. I started about 6 years ago and I fell in love with Elizabeth craft.
I probably have most of the die sets and stamps, tools, and even some of your daughters. I just love crafting making cards
for everyone.

Not sure how to describe my style. I like details on stuff but not overly much. I like clean and simple but not too simple. And I love color. Wow now that’s a definition for you. LOL. Thanks for the chance to win.

Unfortunately, I don’t have an Elizabeth Craft stamp set to use for the challenge. I have lots of Elizabeth Craft dies but no stamp sets. Yet. I was going to say my craft style is clean and simple but after seeing the cards above, I don’t think it is. Not sure what to call my style 😊

My cards always seem to get very elaborate with mixed medias, textures etc. I love these ideas! I do a card ministry for our church and I need simpler ideas. This morning I mailed 15 cards. Keep these ideas coming, they gave me lots of ideas!!!

Love all the designs. The creative team did a wonderful job and I wish I had their talent. My 9 year old scrapbooking buddy is my granddaughter and I just recently allowed her to use my machines and stamps. What a wonderful gift this would be for her and me to do together.

I love the simplicity of all of these cards! Just a little goes a long way! My crafting style can best be described as “last minute” – I tend to collect inspiration and then right before I need a card or gift, go crazy! I wish I was a little more organized, but each time I try to craft something ahead of time I see an idea I like better and change it up anyway. :).

I make fairly elaborate greeting cards. Plain and simple is not my style. Although I like the looks of it. Somehow my cards seem to grow as I start creating. It may start out simple but almost always ends of much more.

All of the cards are lovely. I especially like the first set and third sets, but I am a huge bird lover. I have begun exploring different techniques by watching videos. There isn’t a craft store to take classes at close to where I live so I look forward to Friday with Els and the many videos on YouTube. I love the microfine glitter and stickers and embossing folders but like to try many different things when time permits.

I would say I am clean and elaborate. I like to create luxurious and elegant cards with a clean finish if you can imagine (not sure my description translates-lol). I would love the opportunity to win-looking forward to visiting your booth on Friday at Chantilly. Thank you!

Just adorable sets of cards and would make a lovely gift set! I am new to coloring images so need practice!
My card making style is layered and dimensional…simple, no but absolutely beautiful and I am always so proud to gift a card.
The coordinated sets of three are just lovely.

I love these simple ideas. When I do my crafting classes, I find that a couple simple cards that can be done a number of ways always works. You can use same stamp and do different colors or change design just a bit and most don’t even realize it is same set. These are terrific.

My Crafting Style is pretty much ‘By the seat of my pants’. I tend to sit down without any particular plan in mind, and just let creativity take over (often manifesting as procrastination 😋) These cards made by your Coloring Design Team Ladies are lovely, and it just goes to show that simple cards often yield the nicest results. Thanks!

I like to do complex cards with lots of pop up’s on the front of the card and on the inside of the card also. I like to use lots of different objects as well as the main focus of the card. All of the card above are beautiful and simple to make in a very short time, if you are in a hurry

Yes to clean and simple for me, although I enjoy an occasional foray into shabby chic or vintage, depending on my mood. It’s amazing to look through my photo stream/archives, to see how things have changed!

I like to do complex cards and pop up’s. I like to take simple objects and make them into cards with lots of pop up all around them. I like all of the card ideas above, but I would make them more complex with pop up’s inside as a surprise to the receiver.

All the above cards are great. I would love to spend a day in their heads to get some awesome ideas.
I love simple lines, nothing too frilly or complicated. I don’t like it when the sentiment gets lost in the design.